queens – Poetry for Change

Thank you for the honor and your hard work.

Illusion

She looks out of her window
Dressed in a red ball gown with a tress,
A bow on her neck, bent over low
To contemplate the beauty of the view, less

She sees of depravity the better
As she focuses on ingenuity
Of man’s creation, Eifel Tower,
Where kings and queens have gracefully

Traversed, leaving an imprint
Of inspiration to walk in their
Footsteps unknowing of the pitfalls built
For sovereigns whose bitter

Pill it is to rule as others serve
Their graciousness!
What a cruel world she’ll leave
Behind, for people choose foulness

Rather than imagination,
Discipline, fortitude, wonder
Where all is achievable in succession
When the mind is expected to prosper.

©️ Malak kalmoni chehab ©️

My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon. It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.

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Ring Around the Posy

A lone posy sits up in a bone filled garden,

Its petals bright and soft defy the cold. Unbidden,

Its leaves and burgeoning tips reach into the sky,

Savoring the sun’s rays, helping its growth.

Posy buds gather around their leaves,

Waiting for the rain to feed their roots

In order to turn into a bouquet of nosegrays,

That symbolizes love, honor, prosperities

In China, but shame in Victorian England.

Still the queen has made posy bouquets a trend,

Now weddings advertise them to blend,

Fuse the various items together, while they stand

Out looking somewhere between a rose and tulip,

Regal in its stance in the bouquet or lawn.

In the park or garden, bones stick out, they fawn

Over the brittle, broken, dirty white pieces.

The opposition of life and deaths

Where the stark white of animal and human

Bones litter the ground, unseen;

Versus the beauty, color, and softness

Of the vibrantly colored petals raised in

Supplication and gratitude for such beauties.

Stunning those observing into believing

That God created such wondrous beings!